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Vive la résistance!💙☠️
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The agent who appeared to initiate the altercation with Pretti, and fires the fifth shot, can also be seen in footage wearing a bodycam.
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Once you start noticing it you can't stop: when the real Trump falters and is incapable of defending his administration (more and more frequent) the actual Trump is "subbed out" of news coverage for an invented, imaginary, often explicitly hypothetical version of Trump who is reasonable and cogent
A few hours ago the msm unquestioningly repeated the White House spin that Trump had changed his “tone.”
Um, holy shit? This has gotta be up there in the most crass & worse things Trump has ever said
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said, using the words briefed to them by their leader, who was directly involved in the conversation."
Slovak PM Robert Fico was left shocked by Donald Trump’s state of mind after a recent meeting with him, he told his European counterparts at a summit last week, according to five diplomats briefed on the conversation.
European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting
The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.
www.politico.eu
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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When you sell your soul to the likes of Trump, you never never stop paying.
SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?

RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding

SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?

RUBIO: Yes
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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The biggest POS in Congress. But keep in mind, he is only there because Trump endorsed him in the primary. All roads on all things terrible always lead to Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Randy Fine on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "I blame Ilhan Omar for what happened"
January 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Yesterday’s attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar, following last week’s attack on Rep. Maxwell Frost, is deeply disturbing. Grateful that both Members are safe, but violence like this is unacceptable. (1/2)
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Illegal in so many ways.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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This is also interesting: Rep Jamie Raskin is demanding that Pam Bondi and DOJ reveal who precisely was responsible for the decision that FBI won't investigate ICE murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. A Dem House can use subpoena power to ferret this out:

newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.

No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.

Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.

The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
January 28, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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Absolutely terrible numbers for Trump.

www.economist.com/interactive/...
Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
www.economist.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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Trump supporter Anthony Kazmierczak, who attacked Ilhan Omar at her town hall, follows multiple pro-Trump / MAGA accounts on X:

Libs of TikTok
Benny Johnson
Charlie Kirk
Candace Owens
Ben Shapiro
Elon Musk
Tim Pool
Hodgetwins
Terrance K. Williams
January 28, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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I’m glad that Congresswoman Omar is safe.

Our state has been shattered by political violence in the last year. The cruel, inflammatory, dehumanizing rhetoric by our nation’s leaders needs to stop immediately.

www.startribune.com/man-tackled-...
Man sprays unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar and is tackled at Minneapolis town hall
A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration e...
www.startribune.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Stephen Miller’s wife is putting in a late shift tonight trying to save his job.
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 AM
This is truly perverted and nauseating. It's like Vance is trying to create some politically-convenient universal horseshoe theory of good and evil which completely ignores his own culpability and the urgent public awareness that the american people are being brutalized by a fascist MAGA regime.
been staring at this for a while, I think im speechless
January 28, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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Trump’s reaction to the attack on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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I'm sorry, man, but if you took the money to work on this film, you have to live with that. Your name should be on it so people know what your price is and what you're willing to do for money.
Amazon’s MGM studios spent tens of millions, but the documentary is projected to make just $1M in its first week.

This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
Melania Documentary Flops as Crew Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Chaos
The first lady’s documentary was a mess in production—and now it’s struggling at the box office.
trib.al
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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Is anyone else still nuclear level ENRAGED that Noem, Miller and Bovino, the three stooges of cosplay fascism,

had the fucking NERVE to call a VA ICU nurse a “terrorist” and “assassin?”
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Do we really have to go through some mandatory period where we all pretend that Homan is ANY better than Bovino? The man’s a scumbag, literally the architect of the family separation policy that abducted 5 year old Liam Ramos from his community in MN and put him in a concentration camp in TX.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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Minnesota needs impartial investigations, the departure of federal forces, and an end to the campaign of retribution against our state.
January 28, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Good thing that security guard was there.

Omar was about to whoop that dude’s ass. 🤣
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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This is the closest the clock has been to doomsday since its debut nearly 80 years ago.
Doomsday Clock Inches Closer to Midnight Than Ever Before
The harrowing calculation is the closest the clock has been to doomsday since its debut nearly 80 years ago.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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me when the atomic scientists update their scary doomsday clock
January 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Not now doomsday clock
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Don’t want to be a downer or anything, but the Doomsday Clock has moved four seconds closer to midnight.

Alexandra Bell, President and CEO of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists which maintains the clock, said it was due to a “global failure in leadership” and an “Orwellian approach to governance.”
January 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM